La Prairie (provincial electoral district)

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La Prairie
National Assembly Member	Monique Roy Verville Action democratique du Quebec
Electors, 2007	55,758 [1]
Electoral district created	1972
Region	Monteregie

La Prairie is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. The riding was created in 1972 from parts of Chambly and Napierville-Laprairie. La Prairie previously existed from 1867 to 1919. It includes the municipalities or cities of Candiac, Delson, La Prairie and Saint-Constant.

Contents 1 Members of Legislative Assembly 1.1 La Prairie 1.2 Napierville-Laprairie 2 Members of the National Assembly 2.1 Napierville-Laprairie 2.2 La Prairie 3 Election results 4 References 5 Neighbouring electoral districts

[edit] Members of Legislative Assembly

[edit] La Prairie

1. Césaire Therien, Conservative Party (1867-1871)
2. Andrew Esinhart, Conservative Party (1871-1875)
3. Léon-Benoît-Alfred Charlebois, Conservative Party (1875-1887)
4. Odilon Goyette, Parti national (1887-1890)
5. Georges Duhamel, Parti national (1890-1892)
6. Cyrille Doyon, Conservative Party (1892-1897)
7. Come-Séraphin Cherrier, Liberal (1897-1908)
8. Esioff-Léon Patenaude, Conservative Party (1908-1916)
9. Wilfrid Cedilot, Liberal (1916-1919)

[edit] Napierville-Laprairie

1. Joseph-Euclide Charbonneau, Liberal (1923-1936)
2. Philippe Monette, Union Nationale (1936-1939)
3. Hercule Riendeau, Union Nationale (1944-1962)
4. Laurier Baillargeon, Liberal (1962-1966)

[edit] Members of the National Assembly

[edit] Napierville-Laprairie

1. Laurier Baillargeon, Liberal (1966-1970)
2. Paul Berthiaume, Liberal (1970-1973)

[edit] La Prairie

1. Paul Berthiaume, Liberal (1973-1976)
2. Gilles Michaud, Parti Québécois (1976-1981)
3. Jean-Pierre Saintonge, Liberal (1981-1989)
4. Denis Lazure, Parti Québécois (1989-1996)
5. Monique Simard, Parti Québécois (1996-1998)
6. Serge Geoffrion, Parti Québécois (1998-2003)
7. Jean Dubuc, Liberal (2003-2007)
8. Monique Roy Verville, Action démocratique du Québec (2007-present)

[edit] Election results

Quebec general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Action démocratique	Monique Roy Verville	14458	33.84
	Parti Québécois	François Rebello	13113	30.69
	Liberal	Jean Dubuc	12253	28.68
	Green	Louis Corbeil	1605	3.76
	Québec solidaire	Antoine Pich	818	1.91
	Bloc pot	Guy Latour	238	0.56
	Independent	Martin McNeil	179	0.42
	Marxist-leninist	Normand Chouinard	60	0.14

[edit] References

• Election results
• Map of La Prairie
• Quebec electoral map

[edit] Neighbouring electoral districts

		La Pinière, Chambly, Marguerite-Bourgeoys, Verdun		v • d • e
	Châteauguay		Saint-Jean
		La Prairie
		Huntingdon

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